{"product_id":"black-power-tv-devorah-heitner-9780822354093","title":"Black Power TV","description":"In \u003ci\u003eBlack Power TV\u003c\/i\u003e, Devorah Heitner chronicles the emergence of Black public affairs television starting in 1968. She examines two local shows, New York's \u003ci\u003eInside Bedford-Stuyvesant\u003c\/i\u003e and Boston's \u003ci\u003eSay Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, and the national programs \u003ci\u003eSoul!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. These shows offered viewers radical and innovative programming: the introspections of a Black police officer in Harlem, African American high school students discussing visionary alternatives to the curriculum, and Miriam Makeba comparing race relations in the United States to apartheid in South Africa. While \u003ci\u003eInside Bedford-Stuyvesant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSay Brother\u003c\/i\u003e originated from a desire to contain Black discontent during a period of urban uprisings and racial conflict, these shows were re-envisioned by their African American producers as venues for expressing Black critiques of mainstream discourse, disseminating Black culture, and modeling Black empowerment. At the national level, \u003ci\u003eSoul!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Journal\u003c\/i\u003e allowed for the imagining of a Black nation and a distinctly African American consciousness, and they played an influential role in the rise of the Black Arts Movement. \u003ci\u003eBlack Power TV\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how regulatory, activist, and textual histories are interconnected and how Black public affairs television redefined African American representations in ways that continue to reverberate today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Devorah Heitner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822354098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822354093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014","brand":"Devorah Heitner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086973481215,"sku":"9780822354093","price":109.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f410568-e5ef-44dc-a66f-4498d38305a2.jpg?v=1769097573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-power-tv-devorah-heitner-9780822354093","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}